| Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003–04 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 28 September 2003 – 3 February 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Australia won the two-Test series 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Matthew Hayden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheZimbabwean cricket team touredAustralia in the 2003–04 season. On the tour, the Zimbabweans played two unclassified matches, oneFirst-class match, threeList A matches and twoTests, as well as taking part in the2003–04 VB Series with Australia andIndia – who weretouring Australia for four Tests at the same time. The Zimbabweans lost all but one international match – both Tests and seven of the eightOne Day Internationals – the exception being called off for rain.
The tour was notable forMatthew Hayden's score of 380 in the first Test, this being the highest individual score in Test cricket at the time, beatingBrian Lara's 375.
28–30 September Scorecard |
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Match drawn Settlers Hill,Baldivis Umpires:Andrew Craig (Aus) and D Foggarty (Aus) Player of the match:Luke Ronchi (Rock'm-M'rah XI) andCraig Wishart (Zim) |
1 October Scorecard |
Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 240 (49.5 overs) | v | |
Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets Lilac Hill Park,Perth Umpires:Jeff Brookes (Aus) andIan Lock (Aus) Player of the match:Heath Streak (Zim) |
1 January Scorecard |
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Zimbabwe won by 8 runs WACA Ground,Perth Umpires:Bruce Oxenford (Aus) andBob Parry (Aus) Player of the match:Stuart Carlisle (Zim) |
4 January Scorecard |
Western Australia 286/9 (50 overs) | v | |
Western Australia won by 70 runs WACA Ground,Perth Umpires:Bruce Bennett (Aus) andJeff Brookes (Aus) Player of the match:Sean Ervine (Zim) |
7 January Scorecard |
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Australia A won by 119 runs Adelaide Oval,Adelaide Umpires:Ian Lock (Aus) andJohn Smeaton (Aus) Player of the match:Marcus North (AusA) |
9–13 October Scorecard |
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Australia won by an innings and 175 runs WACA Ground,Perth Umpires:Venkat (Ind) andPeter Willey (Eng) Player of the match:Matthew Hayden (Aus) |
17–21 October Scorecard |
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Australia won by 9 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires:Billy Bowden (NZ) andVenkat (Ind) Player of the match:Ricky Ponting (Aus) |
Australia's Matthew Hayden was namedMan of the Series for his 501 runs over the two Tests and the historic triple-century. Comparatively,Mark Vermeulen scored the most runs for Zimbabwe with 166.Andy Bichel took the most wickets of the series with 10, withRay Price taking six for Zimbabwe.